KeepTalking Podcast

Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot create a debate between two hypothetical individuals about whether or not inflation should exist naturally in an economy.

QUESTION 1: Why 2%? Why not zero?

QUESTION 2: Who actually benefits from inflation?

QUESTION 3: Productivity — shouldn’t prices fall as we get better at making things?

QUESTION 4: Is inflation a hidden tax?

QUESTION 5: What about alternatives? Hard money? Zero inflation?

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot explain how 2% inflation became the norm...

The World You Were Never Allowed to Imagine

The Quiet Decision That Rewired Reality

“But Wait,” You Say, “Shouldn’t Prices Fall If Productivity Rises?”

What Inflation Actually Does (That No One Says Out Loud)

The Third Twist: Inflation Protects the System From You

So Why Did You Accept It?

The Question That Lingers

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot create an interesting framework for understanding life in the modern economy...

Act I: The Investor Economy (The One on TV)

Act II: The Worker Economy (The One You Actually Live In)

Act III: The Consumer Economy (The One Draining You Quietly)

The Real Twist: Policy Favors One Economy Over the Other Two

So What Do You Do With This?

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot discuss the rapidly changing economic and technological environment in the United States...

Experiment #1: Can We Rewire the Economy Without Breaking It?

Experiment #2: Can Government Pick Winners Again?

Experiment #3: Can Social Stability Survive Economic Stress?

Experiment #4: Can Technology Replace Growth?

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot discuss the recent trend away from globalization...

Act I: The Globalization Bargain (1945–2008)

Act II: The Hidden Costs You Didn’t See

Act III: The Cracks Appear (2008–2020)

Act IV: De-Globalization Begins (2020–Present)

Act V: How You Feel It at Home

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot forecast some global social and economic trends for the next year based on data.

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot talk about the risky strategy the United States is using in the global macroeconomics game...

Act One: The Trump Administration — Weaponizing Chaos

Act Two: Congress — Spending Like a Country That Knows It’s Untouchable

Act Three: The Federal Reserve — Playing With Live Ammunition

Act Four: Sanctions, Wars, and Forced Sides

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot discuss three things most people don't understand about money, and Sean includes a hot take at the end.

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot recap the most important global events and trends of 2025.

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot do a statistical analysis of the level of danger throughout the decades and centuries...

Your Brain Wasn’t Built for Headlines

Imagine You’re Alive in 1300

Now Imagine You’re a 30-Year-Old Farmer in Early 1900s France

Let’s Zoom Out: Violence Over Time

What About the 20th Century — Surely That Was Worse?

Your Daily Life Is Quietly Unprecedented

So Why Does This Era Feel So Dangerous?

The Honest Answer

One Final Perspective

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